What is the Colibrí platform?
Colibrí responds to the interest and demand of young people for opportunities, promoting youth leadership. We are creating an ecosystem to provide education, training, and employment to young people as the driving force for landscape restoration and the comprehensive development of rural communities in El Salvador.
Our goal is to cultivate a new generation of young people capable of transforming the landscape through new knowledge, innovative practices, and entrepreneurial spirit
Antecedent:
Colibrí was founded in 2019 as part of CRS's RAÍCES El Salvador program, an initiative committed to the holistic development of rural youth in western El Salvador (Santa Ana, Ahuachapán, and Sonsonate). By 2025, Colibrí had supported more than 500 young people in the western region.
At the moment:
More than just a program, Colibrí has become a platform led by young beneficiaries, seeking to bring educational and employment opportunities to more young people in communities across El Salvador to transform their lives. This will be made possible through partnerships, donations, and collaborations.
WE DEMONSTRATED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE CHANGE THAT EL SALVADOR NEEDS
Becas Colibrí | Yesenia
Escuela de Verano Agrícola 2022 | Semana 1
Escuela de Verano Agrícola 2023
WE'RE DOING OUR PART, JOIN US AND DO YOURS
They say that one day there was a huge fire in the jungle. All the animals fled in terror, for the fire was terrible.
Suddenly, the jaguar saw a hummingbird fly overhead… in the opposite direction, that is, toward the flames. He was very surprised, but he didn't want to stop, because the fire was advancing rapidly.
In an instant, he saw him return, this time in the same direction he had been running.
The jaguar observed the small bird coming and going several times, until he decided to ask it:
"What are you doing, hummingbird?" he shouted. "Can't you see we're all running away to save ourselves?"
—I go to the river —replied the hummingbird—. I take water with my beak and pour it on the fire to put out the blaze.
The jaguar laughed without stopping running.
"Are you crazy?" he said. "Do you think you're going to put it out by yourself with that little beak?"
“No,” the hummingbird replied. “I know I can’t do it alone. But this jungle is my home… It feeds me, shelters me and my family, and I’m grateful to it. I help it grow by pollinating its flowers. I’m part of this jungle, and it’s part of me. I know I can’t put it out alone, but I have to do my part.”
And after saying this, the hummingbird took flight again towards the river to collect more water.
The Hummingbird Fable as told by Wangari Muta Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner (“I will be a hummingbird”)